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KET needs photos or home movies of the band Exile for a documentary
Exile fans, KET needs you. The Kentucky public television network is producing a documentary about the Kentucky band, which formed in Richmond in 1963 and achieved national success in 1978 with their chart-topping hit “Kiss You All Over.” KET would appreciate the public’s help in tracking down old photographs, home movies (8mm or super 8mm […]
Two additional ‘higher ground’ communities announced in southeastern Kentucky, bringing total plans to seven
Gov. Andy Beshear’s administration last week announced plans for “higher ground” developments in Floyd and Letcher counties, bringing the total to seven, as part of rebuilding efforts from floods in 2021 and 2022. The 92-acre Grand View site off U.S. 23 in the Letcher County town of Jenkins will have room for 115 homes partially […]
Beshear and Cameron continue to show their differences in KET debate
LEXINGTON —?Kentucky’s gubernatorial candidates — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron — further differentiated themselves on topics like education, abortion and the coronavirus pandemic in their fourth debate at KET’s Lexington studios Monday evening.? During the debate, both candidates pressed the other on their campaign talking points, while touting their own […]
Beshear makes surprise visit to striking autoworkers in Louisville
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear brought a box of fresh sandwiches to striking UAW Local 862 members outside the Ford Truck Plant in Louisville on Wednesday, reports a posting on the Kentucky AFL-CIO website. “Folks, I’m Andy Beshear and I’m the proud pro-union governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky,” he announced to cheers and applause from […]
Kentucky Fish and Wildlife plans prescribed burns on nearly 2,100 acres of public lands this fall
Kentucky Fish and Wildlife has announced plans for controlled burns on portions of five Kentucky public land areas “to improve forest and grassland health and enhance habitats preferred by native wildlife.” According to a news release, Fish and Wildlife officials and partnering agencies are scheduling prescribed burns on 2,096 total acres of the Clay, Grayson […]
Rock slide at abandoned quarry in Frankfort closes road
A rock slide at an old limestone quarry in Frankfort Friday closed a road and made for some dramatic drone photography and video by University of Kentucky assistant professor David Stephenson. Stephenson was in town leading students from UK and Kentucky State University in a four-day photojournalism and multimedia workshop called “Picture Kentucky.” Frankfort Police […]
Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission will celebrate 30th anniversary with public reception Oct. 10
The Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission — created 30 years ago in response to a scandal that rocked the Capitol — will celebrate its anniversary at noon Tuesday, Oct. 10, with a public reception. The event in room 154 of the Capitol Annex will follow the commission’s regular meeting at 10 a.m. in room 171. A […]
Letcher prison opponents urge Congress to reject Rogers’ ‘fast-tracking’ provision
More than 185 organizations — from across Kentucky and the nation — are urging Congress to reject “fast-tracking” construction of a federal prison in Letcher County. A Sept. 19 letter to leaders and members of congressional appropriations committees urges them to remove language that Rep. Hal Rogers of Kentucky put into a House appropriations bill […]
One of ‘100 greatest film books’ was published by University Press of Kentucky
A book published by the University of Press of Kentucky has made a list of the 100 greatest books about film “Hawks on Hawks,” comprising author Joseph McBride’s interviews with director Howard Hawks by Joseph McBride, will appear on The Hollywood Reporter’s list of “The 100 Greatest Film Books” and will be celebrated in The […]
Flags lowered Sunday in honor of Frank Brooks, Kentuckian who died a POW in World War II
Gov. Andy Beshear has ordered flags at all state buildings lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset Sunday, Oct. 1, in honor of a Kentucky soldier who died in World War II, but whose remains were only identified this summer. U.S. Army Pfc. Thomas Franklin “Frank” Brooks of Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, was a member of […]
Documentary about women’s movement in Southern Baptist Convention will air Monday in Louisville
“Midwives of the Movement,” a documentary about the women’s movement in the Southern Baptist Convention, will premiere Monday in Louisville. “The women who started our movement were bold and tenacious visionaries,” said Meredith Stone, executive director of Baptist Women in Ministry. “While they found a way forward, the patriarchal forces they fought are still at […]
Gov. Brereton Jones will lie in state in Kentucky Capitol on Monday
The public is invited to pay respects to the late Gov. Brereton Jones who will lie in state in the Kentucky Capitol Rotunda from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. 25. Jones’ family will host a public visitation in the Rotunda from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday. Kentucky’s 58th governor, Jones […]